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26 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Left |
individuals left |
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Right |
individuals right |
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Cranial |
towards the head |
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Caudal |
Towards the tail |
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Rostral |
(in cranial zone only) towards the nose |
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Dorsal |
towards the back. "top" of paw pads |
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Ventral |
towards the belly |
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Medial |
Towards the median plane |
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Lateral |
away from the medial plane(side) |
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Deep (internal) |
towards the center of the body |
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Superficial (external) |
towards the surface |
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Proximal |
Towards the body (from extremities) |
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Distal |
Away from the body (towards extremities) |
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Palmar |
Towards front paw pads |
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Plantar |
towards back paw pads |
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Sagittal Plane |
Cuts animal in halves, when facing forwards. Sides don't need to be even |
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Median Plane |
Sagittal plane (cuts animal in halves, when facing forwards) but directly in the center |
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Transverse Plane |
cuts the animal in tail-end (caudal) and face-end (cranial). Don't need to be equal |
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Dorsal Plane |
cuts the animal in dorsal and ventral. Don't need to be equal |
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Types of systems |
Skeletal Respiratory Digestive Reproductive Nervous |
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Types of Tissues |
Epithelial (skin, intestinal lining, glands) Connective (tendons, ligaments) Muscle (muscles, heart) Nervous (brain) |
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Pleura |
Thin membrane of the thoracic cavity |
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Homeostasis |
Maintaining balance in the body |
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Peritoneuom |
Membrane covering stuff in abdominal cavity |
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Visceral Pleura/Peritoneum |
Covers organs |
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Parietal Pleura/Peritoneum |
Covers the cavity |
